So many of us associate
aging with cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, adult onset diabetes, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue... Shall I...
Not exact matches
«Like yams, [ube] is rich in potassium, and its vibrant purple color is an indication that it's loaded
with anthocyanins, a type of polyphenol that is promising for helping reverse
age - related
declines in
cognitive and motor function,» says Frances Largeman - Roth, RD, author of Eating in Color: Delicious, Healthy Recipes for You and Your Family.
Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults,
with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits
cognitive decline during
aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.
Clinical studies indicate that moderate Kona consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults,
with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits
cognitive decline during
aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.
Clinical studies indicate that moderate coffee consumption is beneficial in healthy adults,
with continuing research on whether long - term consumption inhibits
cognitive decline during
aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.
Clinical studies indicate that moderate Kona consumption is benign or mildly beneficial in healthy adults,
with continuing online research on whether long - term consumption inhibits
cognitive decline during
aging or lowers the risk of some forms of cancer.
It is important for physicians and scientists to understand the unique pathology of HS -
AGING, and to be able to differentiate it from other diseases, as it is only by making an accurate diagnosis that clinicians can hope to treat people who present
with signs of
cognitive decline.
Because there is still no accepted biomarker for
aging, the drug's success would be judged by whether it can delay the development of several diseases whose incidence increases dramatically
with age: cardiovascular disease, cancer, and
cognitive decline, along
with mortality.
To find out more about what underlies the
cognitive decline that occurs
with ageing, André Fischer of the European Neuroscience Institute in Göttingen, Germany, and colleagues analysed DNA from the brains of both young and old mice that had been set tasks involving learning and memory.
Right: 87 - Year - old Glial cells wither
with age, disrupting signal transmission and leading to
cognitive decline.
In fact, while
cognitive processes do
decline with age, simply reminding older adults about ageist ideas actually exacerbates their memory problems, reveals important new research from the USC Davis School of Gerontology.
In elderly and middle -
aged people, the spots have been associated
with a slight
cognitive decline, but the Finnish researchers don't know what the long - term consequences are for these players, all of whom were young adults.
Age - related
decline of neurogenesis and
cognitive function is associated
with reduced blood flow and decreased numbers of neural stem cells.
Age - related
decline in
cognitive function is associated
with a
decline in the scavenging function of FGPs.
A major reason
cognitive function
declines with age, he says, is that «the brain's decoding process is degraded, and if you can't fix that then you can't restore memory.»
Nobody doubts that in most people memory, along
with many other
cognitive abilities,
declines with age.
«This has implications for potentially reducing normal
cognitive decline with aging, or boosting recovery from brain injury after stroke or traumatic brain injury,» he says.
Rush is currently seeking volunteers to participate in the study (www.rush.edu/clinical-trials/effect-weight-loss-diets-brain-health-and-
cognitive-
decline-study), which aims to show whether a specific diet can prevent
cognitive decline and brain changes
with age.
Kipnis proposes that
with fewer T cells, older people can not effectively suppress the inflammation around their brains — which could play a part in the
cognitive decline that people experience as they
age.
Now they have demonstrated in vivo for the first time that one dose of this gene injected into the central nervous system prevents the
cognitive decline associated
with aging in old animals which were treated at a younger
age.
Based on complete work histories and extensive
cognitive assessments among respondents to the Survey of Health,
Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) in 13 countries, the research team examined how employment gaps associated
with unemployment, sickness, homemaking, training and maternity spells relate to
cognitive function and
aging - related
cognitive decline at older
age.
Other research studies have reported a
decline in social networks in people
with Alzheimer's disease and Mild
Cognitive Impairment (MCI), and previous literature has shown psychological well - being in older
age to be associated
with reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's dementia.
The researchers discovered that mice
with genetic mutations that stop this endocannabinoid system from working properly
age faster than normal mice, and show more
cognitive decline.
The findings are in line
with other studies that suggest that cognitively stimulating activities can indeed increase
cognitive reserve and delay
cognitive decline in older
age» says Anja Leist who is supported by a postdoctoral research fellowship of the National Research Fund Luxembourg.
The current study, which enrolled 152 adults
ages 50 and older, was designed to assess whether silent pathological changes in the brain associated
with Alzheimer's and detected
with positron emission tomography (PET) can predict
cognitive decline.
Damian Bailey, a physiologist at the University of South Wales, Pontypridd, in the United Kingdom and the project's lead scientist, hopes the risky experiment will yield new information about how the human body responds to low - oxygen conditions, and how similar mechanisms might drive
cognitive decline with aging.
Basak's laboratory, which is focused on
cognitive interventions to improve abilities that
decline with age, is conducting further research to evaluate differences among various types of video games, long - term effects of
cognitive training using the games, and effects on patients already experiencing mild
cognitive impairment.
A new study has found that lower level of sodium in the blood — known as hyponatremia — is linked
with declines in
cognitive function
with advancing
age.
Association between
decline in brain dopamine activity
with age and
cognitive and motor impairment in healthy individuals
As in prior studies among older adults, we found that obesity was associated
with a decreased risk of dementia, consistent
with the hypothesis that, while obesity in mid-life may increase risk for later - life
cognitive decline and dementia, obesity at older
ages may be associated
with cognitive and other health advantages.25 - 27 The trend toward a
declining risk for dementia in the face of a large increase in the prevalence of diabetes suggests that improvements in treatments between 2000 and 2012 may have decreased dementia risk, along
with the documented
declines in the incidence of common diabetes - related complications, such as heart attack, stroke, and amputations.11 Our finding of a significant
decline between 2000 and 2012 of the heart disease - related OR for dementia would also be consistent
with improved cardiovascular treatments leading to a
decline in dementia risk.
Results show that in comparison to women who experienced menopause after the
age of 50, those
with a premature menopause had a more than 40 % increased risk of poor performance on tasks assessing verbal fluency and visual memory and was associated
with a 35 % increased risk of
decline in psychomotor speed (coordination between the brain and the muscles that brings about movement) and overall
cognitive function over 7 years.
Now they have demonstrated in vivo for the first time that one dose of this geneinjected into the central nervous system prevents the
cognitive decline associated
with ageing in old animals which were treated at a younger
age.
The HOPE study tracks the memory and cognition abilities of elderly adults
with varying degrees of
cognitive decline to provide insight into the
aging process and the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
They will also be able to look for genes associated
with age - related
cognitive decline.
MIND diet slows
cognitive decline with aging.
Certain abilities do tend to
decline with age, but researchers have found that individuals in their 70s often perform just as well on many
cognitive tests as do those in their 20s.
Although many years ago we found that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are required for full expression of hippocampal LTP and memory, it is clear that the
aged and diseased brain handle ROS much differently as many studies have pointed to a role for excessive ROS and oxidative stress in
age - related
cognitive decline and impaired memory associated
with Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Aging is associated
with declining cognitive functions, including impairments in learning and memory formation (19).
While it's important to recognize that diet is frequently associated
with other factors that may impact cognition in
aging, Fargo says — such as smoking, education levels, and socioeconomic status — he does believe that there is «sufficiently strong evidence to conclude that a healthy diet may reduce the risk of
cognitive decline.»
Researchers from the Wake Forest School of Medicine found that aerobic exercise appears to boost thinking skills and brain volume in adults diagnosed
with mild
cognitive impairment, a condition that sits in between normal
age - related memory
decline and more serious dementia.
In addition to improving and enhancing learning ability, the neurotransmitters» improved responses translate to increased resistance to the natural
cognitive decline what comes
with age, as well as various
cognitive disorders like dementia and amnesia.
Greater physical activity was also associated
with a slower rate of
aging - related memory and
cognitive decline.
New research indicates that vitamin K may also help prevent the calcification of arteries, slow the
cognitive decline associated
with aging process, and regulate blood sugar.
A 2009 study published in the medical journal «Nutritional Neuroscience» indicated that blackberry intake may have a positive impact on motor and
cognitive skills, which often
decline with age.
The
age - related
decline in growth hormone and associated IGF - 1 has been linked to
age - related muscle atrophy, increased adipose tissue, and neuronal dysfunction.2, 9 In fact, growth hormone replacement therapy in elderly men has been shown to increase lean body mass.9 Growth hormone therapy (1 mg / day — for 5 months) has also been used to improve
cognitive function in healthy adults and adults
with mild
cognitive impairment.10 While only modest amounts of growth hormone cross the blood - brain barrier, IGF - 1, which is actually responsible for the
cognitive benefits, gets across just fine.
Research published in Alzheimer's & Dementia suggests that people who follow the MIND Diet have substantially slower
cognitive decline with age than those who eat the Standard American Diet (SAD).
In a linear mixed model adjusted for
age, sex, education, participation in
cognitive activities, physical activities, smoking, and seafood and alcohol consumption, consumption of green leafy vegetables was associated
with slower
cognitive decline; the
decline rate for those in the highest quintile of intake (median 1.3 servings / d) was slower by β = 0.05 standardized units (p = 0.0001) or the equivalent of being 11 years younger in
age.
Vegetables may be particularly protective, in part because of certain compounds we eat that concentrate in the brain, found in dark green leafy vegetables, the consumption of which are associated
with lower rates of
age - related
cognitive decline.
GH
decline is also associated
with age - related
cognitive impairment.
[3] Turmeric has also been shown to be highly effective in treating some of the diseases associated
with chronic inflammation, including
aging - related
cognitive decline [4] and cardiovascular disease [5].